#9038, aired 2024-02-14 | THE COMPOSER CONDUCTS $400: Hear tunes from "E.T.". "Jaws" & "Always" on the album he "Conducts His Classic Scores for the Films of Steven Spielberg" John Williams |
#8974, aired 2023-11-16 | POP MUSIC $800: (I'm Hans Zimmer.) Before scoring films I could be seen tickling the ivories on this new wave classic by The Buggles, the first ever video on MTV "Video Killed The Radio Star" |
#8870, aired 2023-05-12 | LESSER-KNOWN FILM TRILOGIES $800: Krzysztof Kieslowski's classic 3 Colors trilogy contains these 3 films, named for the colors of the French flag Red, White & Blue |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $400: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Seen without makeup & mostly in closeups, French actress Maria Falconetti's performance in "The Passion of" this peasant girl turned martyr is considered one of the greatest of all time Joan of Arc |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $800: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Shot in Rome & Los Angeles at a cost of nearly $4 million, the 1925 version of this biblical epic with a great sea battle & chariot race was the most expensive silent movie ever made Ben-Hur |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $1200: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Lon Chaney's face was so frightening in this Paris-set film that some moviegoers reportedly fainted when his mask was removed The Phantom of the Opera |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $1600: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Pioneering Black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux dealt with racism in films like "Within Our Gates"; & in 1925's "Body and Soul", he introduced this actor & bass baritone later famous for his rendition of "Ol' Man River" (Paul) Robeson |
#8744, aired 2022-11-17 | SILENT FILMS WITH JACQUELINE STEWART $2000: (Jacqueline Stewart of Turner Classic Movies presents the clue.) Her slate of films for 1927 included "Wings", the first film to win Best Picture & "It", giving her the nickname "The It Girl" Clara Bow |
#8676, aired 2022-07-04 | OLD MOVIES $1200: "Baby Face", with a rather unchaste Barbara Stanwyck, is a classic of the early '30s films called "Pre"-this set of restrictions Pre-Code |
#8646, aired 2022-05-23 | WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS FILMS $800: After demonstrating spearing in this classic hockey film, a player says, "You go to da box... 2 minutes by yourself, & you feel shame" Slap Shot |
#7, aired 2022-02-11 | HORROR FILMS $400: Ewan McGregor plays a grown-up Danny Torrance in "Doctor Sleep", the sequel to this 1980 classic The Shining |
#8560, aired 2022-01-21 | THE PRODUCERS $1200: The G in MGM, he produced classic films like "Guys and Dolls" Goldwyn |
#8534, aired 2021-12-16 | CLASSIC MOVIES $400: In one of the original slasher films, Janet Leigh is killed off just 20 minutes into this 1960 thriller Psycho |
#8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $400: "The Wizard of Oz" home |
#8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $800: "Gone with the Wind" day |
#8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $1200: "Casablanca" friendship |
#8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $1600: "King Kong", from 1933 beast |
#8453, aired 2021-07-28 | THE LAST WORD SAID IN CLASSIC FILMS $2000: "Apocalypse Now" Horror |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $400: "How Green Was My Valley" beat out this Orson Welles movie to win the 1941 Best Picture Oscar Citizen Kane |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $800: The Bogie & Bergman classic "Casablanca" was loosely based on the play "Everybody Comes to" this possessive name Rick's |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $1200: Max Schreck played the title vampire in this silent classic Nosferatu |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $1600: Charlie Chaplin starred in films like "Modern Times" & this satire of Hitler The Great Dictator |
#8354, aired 2021-03-11 | CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE FILMS $2000: As Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard", this actress says, "All right Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" (Gloria) Swanson |
#8278, aired 2020-11-11 | HE SCORES! $1000: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" is one of Ennio Morricone's classic scores for this Italian director's films Sergio Leone |
#8132, aired 2020-01-07 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TV $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at Profiles in History in Calabasas, CA.) Collectors prize unique props from classic films, such as this table lamp from Rick's Café Americain, used in this 1942 drama Casablanca |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $400: "Fist of Fury" & "The Way of the Dragon" are 2 movies starring this late legend Bruce Lee |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $800: A razor slashes an eyeball in the avant-garde film "Un Chien Andalou", a co-production of Luis Bunuel & this surrealist Dalí |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $1200: The 1989 action film "The Killer" was a thrill ride from this Hong Kong director John Woo |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $2000: Catherine Deneuve starred in "The Umbrellas of" this place Cherbourg |
#7993, aired 2019-05-15 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $3,600 (Daily Double): In Bergman's "The Seventh Seal", a disillusioned knight plays a game of chess with this opponent the Grim Reaper, or Death |
#7434, aired 2016-12-29 | FILMS WITH SHORT TITLES $2000: This 1931 Fritz Lang classic starred Peter Lorre as a child murderer who's tracked down by the Berlin underworld M |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $400: In this 1984 Wes Craven classic, a girl warns her boyfriend, played by Johnny Depp, "Whatever you do, don't fall asleep" Nightmare on Elm Street |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | HORROR FILMS $800: It's the classic 1931 film in which actor Colin Clive yells, "It's alive! It's alive!" Frankenstein |
#6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $400: "They Came From Another World" was the working title for this classic featuring alien pod people Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
#6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $1200: Herman Mankiewicz produced films like this troupe's classic comedy "Monkey Business" The Marx Brothers |
#6733, aired 2013-12-18 | 12-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's the French name for a movie theater that specializes in classic or avant-garde films cinémathèque |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sony Pictures Studios.) It's easy to see why Stage 15 here at Sony Studios, the largest soundstage in the Western hemisphere, was used to film hits like "Men in Black" I & II, the "Spider Man" films, & this 1939 magical classic MGM musical The Wizard of Oz |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | STAMP IT OUT $200: Of the first 4 classic films (all from 1939) honored with U.S. stamps in 1990, the only one that was a musical The Wizard of Oz |
#5886, aired 2010-03-29 | DEADLY FILMS? $1600: In this Hitchcock classic, Grace Kelly's husband hires someone to kill her Dial M for Murder |
#5631, aired 2009-02-16 | TCM WITH ROBERT OSBORNE $2000: (Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) This 1951 Kurosawa film famously told the story of a crime from the viewpoints of a priest, a peasant & a woodcutter Rashomon |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | BELOVED FILMS $400: Brooms holding buckets march as an appropriate Paul Dukas piece plays in a segment of this classic film Fantasia |
#5470, aired 2008-05-23 | ALFRED HITCHCOCK MOVIES $1600: On the BFI's top 100 British films, this classic Hitchcock mystery from 1935 ranked no. 4, not "39" The 39 Steps |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $400: The uncut version of this Russian epic based on a Tolstoy novel is more than 8 hours long War and Peace |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $800: This film also known as "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" is the perfect rental for a rainy day The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $1200: Polish filmmaker who directed "Knife in the Water" in Poland & "Rosemary's Baby" in the U.S. (Roman) Polanski |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $1600: Marcello Mastroianni starred in several of this director's films, including "La Dolce Vita" & "8 1/2" Fellini |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $3,800 (Daily Double): A 16th century Japanese village is the main setting for this 1954 foreign film classic The Seven Samurai |
#5438, aired 2008-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '40s $1200: (Film critic Leonard Maltin delivers the clue.) This 1941 detective drama, a Bogart classic, is in my top 5; after all these years, it's still a challenge to figure out The Maltese Falcon |
#5425, aired 2008-03-21 | WOODY ALLEN FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $1200: Rememberances of a classic Hoagy Carmichael tune Stardust Memories |
#5377, aired 2008-01-15 | NOVELS BEFORE & AFTER $2,000 (Daily Double): William Styron's novel about a slave rebellion becomes a cable TV channel showing beloved old films The Confessions of Nat Turner Classic Movies |
#5344, aired 2007-11-29 | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $1200: 69 years apart, Lillian Gish & Demi Moore got an "A" for effort for starring in films based on this classic novel The Scarlet Letter |
#5323, aired 2007-10-31 | FEARNET $1000: At the FEARnet store you can buy films for home scaring like this del Toro-directed classic about a demonic "boy" Hellboy |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | LEONARD MALTIN'S FAVORITE FILMS $200: (Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) This WWII classic set in war-torn Morocco is my candidate for the best Hollywood movie of all time Casablanca |
#5314, aired 2007-10-18 | LEONARD MALTIN'S FAVORITE FILMS $600: (Leonard Maltin reads the clue.) A story that was originally written as a Christmas card became the basis for this beloved James Stewart classic It's A Wonderful Life |
#5272, aired 2007-07-10 | COLORFUL FILMS $200: A classic from the '80s:
"Pretty in ____" Pink |
#5272, aired 2007-07-10 | COLORFUL FILMS $800: A classic from the '40s:
"She Wore a ____ Ribbon" Yellow |
#5154, aired 2007-01-25 | RUSSIAN CINEMA $1600: This man directed the classic Russian films "Alexander Nevsky" & "Ivan the Terrible" Sergei Eisenstein |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | SHAKESPEARE'S FILMS $400: A 1961 classic:
"West Side Story" Romeo and Juliet |
#4954, aired 2006-03-09 | FILMS OF THE '50s $1200: Rich brothers William Holden & Humphrey Bogart vie for the chauffeur's daughter in this 1954 classic Sabrina |
#4894, aired 2005-12-15 | MY FAVORITE FILMS $1000: Like Montgomery Clift, I lusted after Elizabeth Taylor in this 1951 classic (wanna go for a boat ride, Shelley?) A Place in the Sun |
#4685, aired 2005-01-07 | YESTERDAY'S HOTTIES $2000: The alluring star of a number of classic films, this Kansas native was equally famous for her haircut Louise Brooks |
#4678, aired 2004-12-29 | FILMS OF THE '50s $1600: Mean Ray Milland hires a hit man to kill his wife Grace Kelly in this Hitchcock classic Dial M for Murder |
#4678, aired 2004-12-29 | FILMS OF THE '50s $2000: Leslie Caron is the waif who captures Louis Jourdan's heart in this 1958 classic Gigi |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | FILMS OF THE '60s $1,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Louisville, Kentucky) What's now the Oak Room of the Seelbach (Hilton) Hotel was once a gentlemen's billiards hall, seen in this classic 1961 film The Hustler |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $400: Before he was Spock, he had a small role in the mutant ant infestation classic "Them!" in 1954 (Leonard) Nimoy |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $800: Yes, dahling, this Hungarian actress played Talleah in the 1958 cult favorite "Queen of Outer Space" Zsa Zsa Gabor |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $1200: Holy Moses! He played a doctor fighting off zombies spawned by germ warfare in "The Omega Man" (Charlton) Heston |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $1600: More famous for his 14 films as Sherlock Holmes, he was the "Son of Frankenstein" in 1939 (Basil) Rathbone |
#4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $2000: Intent on demolishing Tokyo, Gamera was a giant monster one of these reptiles that breathed fire & could fly turtle |
#4306, aired 2003-04-28 | EDS $1000: In 1994 Johnny Depp played this wacky director of such classic films as "Plan 9 from Outer Space" & "Necromania" Ed Wood |
#4304, aired 2003-04-24 | FAMOUS FILMS $800: A long-awaited snow begins to fall at a ski lodge at the end of this 1954 yuletide classic White Christmas |
#4304, aired 2003-04-24 | FAMOUS FILMS $2000: This 1962 classic was narrated by Kim Stanley, who provided the grown-up voice of Scout To Kill a Mockingbird |
#4237, aired 2003-01-21 | FOREIGN FILMS $400: This 1980s submarine classic starred Jurgen Prochnow as the captain Das Boot |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | CLASSIC FILMS $400: 1953's "The Robe" opened in this new wide-screen process CinemaScope |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | CLASSIC FILMS $800: 5 decades before Nicole Kidman & Ewan McGregor, Zsa Zsa Gabor & Jose Ferrer were in a Paris-set film called this Moulin Rouge |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | CLASSIC FILMS $1200: Tex Ritter sang the theme of this 1952 Gary Cooper pic High Noon |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | CLASSIC FILMS $2000: A barker ends this 1952 film with "...you can shake the sawdust off your feet but you can't shake it out of your heart..." The Greatest Show on Earth |
#4206, aired 2002-12-09 | CLASSIC FILMS $4,000 (Daily Double): Elizabeth Taylor's 1950 wedding to Nicky Hilton was worked into the publicity for this new comedy of hers Father of the Bride |
#4151, aired 2002-09-23 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $200: 1992:
"Jigs Accompanied by Lupine Creatures" Dances with Wolves |
#4151, aired 2002-09-23 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $400: 1957:
"One Dozen Ticked-Off Dudes" 12 Angry Men |
#4151, aired 2002-09-23 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $600: 1969:
"12 O'Clock Herdsman" Midnight Cowboy |
#4151, aired 2002-09-23 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1973:
"Final Argentine Dance on the Banks of the Seine" Last Tango in Paris |
#4151, aired 2002-09-23 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: 1992:
"Primal Impulse" Basic Instinct |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $400: 1951:
"One Trolley Called Passion" A Streetcar Named Desire |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1997:
"Immense" Titanic |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $1200: 1980:
"Regular Folks" Ordinary People |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $1600: 1993:
"Oskar's Registry" Schindler's List |
#4101, aired 2002-06-03 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $2000: 1995:
"Exiting the Gambling Mecca" Leaving Las Vegas |
#4079, aired 2002-05-02 | MY FAVORITE FILMS $200: Cathy, Cathy, Cathy! A 1939 classic... amour on the moors... need we say moor? Wuthering Heights |
#4079, aired 2002-05-02 | MY FAVORITE FILMS $1,200 (Daily Double): When you rent this 1970 biopic, watch for Tim Considine as the soldier who gets slapped Patton |
#4062, aired 2002-04-09 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $200: 1982:
"The Mahatma" Gandhi |
#4062, aired 2002-04-09 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $400: 1956:
"Circling Earth Within 12 Weeks' Time" Around the World in 80 Days |
#4062, aired 2002-04-09 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $600: 1939:
"Blown Away by Moving Air" Gone with the Wind |
#4062, aired 2002-04-09 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $800: 1943:
"Moroccan Port City" Casablanca |
#4062, aired 2002-04-09 | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS $1000: 1965:
"Noise from a Melody" The Sound of Music |
#3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $300: (Sarah of the Clue Crew rides the Ferris wheel at the Orange County Fair.) Joseph Cotten & Orson Welles took a famous ride in a Ferris wheel in this classic 1949 film noir The Third Man |
#3940, aired 2001-10-19 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $500: (Hi, I'm Virginia Madsen.) I played Princess Irulan in this 1984 David Lynch film based on Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel Dune |
#3905, aired 2001-07-20 | MEL BROOKS FILMS $600: Zero Mostel has a hit with the play "Springtime For Hitler" in this 1968 classic The Producers |
#3873, aired 2001-06-06 | BILLY WILDER FILMS $600: Wilder was Oscar-nominated for this noir classic seen here: Double Indemnity |
#3873, aired 2001-06-06 | BILLY WILDER FILMS $800: Ray Milland says, "I'm not a drinker--I'm a drunk" in this 1944 classic The Lost Weekend |
#3820, aired 2001-03-23 | CARY GRANT FILMS $600: "High Society" is a musical version of this Cary Grant-Jimmy Stewart-Katharine Hepburn classic The Philadelphia Story |
#3756, aired 2000-12-25 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: 95 films were based on this classic fairy tale, from 1898's "Fairy Godmother" to 1998's "Ever After" "Cinderella" |
#3746, aired 2000-12-11 | TOM CRUISE FILMS $100: Tom glides across the floor to "Old Time Rock & Roll" in an Oxford shirt & tightie-whities in a classic scene in this '83 flick Risky Business |
#3599, aired 2000-04-06 | ACTORS & THEIR FILMS $1000: In the 1944 classic "Gaslight", Terry Moore played the teenage Paula & this actress played the gaslit adult Paula Ingrid Bergman |
#3530, aired 1999-12-31 | FILMS OF THE '70s $600: (Hi, I'm Stephen Collins of "7th Heaven") I began my film career playing Hugh Sloan, Richard Nixon's campaign treasurer, in this 1976 classic All The President's Men |
#3511, aired 1999-12-06 | FAMILY FILMS $800: Rosalind Russell brings up her orphaned nephew in this 1958 classic Auntie Mame |
#3360, aired 1999-03-26 | JEFF GOLDBLUM FILMS $200: Jeff was an L.A. party guest who said that he'd forgotten his mantra in this 1977 Woody Allen classic Annie Hall |
#3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $100: This film about a flying elephant inspired a ride at Disneyland Dumbo |
#3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $200: Chim-Chim Cheree! This film featuring chimney sweeps swept up 13 Oscar nominations Mary Poppins |
#3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $300: This 1961 film was the first to feature a magical substance called Flubber The Absent-Minded Professor |
#3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $400: Much of the music for this 1959 film, including the song "Once Upon A Dream" was adapted from an 1890 ballet Sleeping Beauty |
#3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $500: Among the babes in "Babes in Toyland" are Ann Jillian as Bo Peep & this Mouseketeer as Mary Contrary Annette Funicello |
#3230, aired 1998-09-25 | BETTE DAVIS FILMS $200: Wheelchair-bound Joan Crawford squares off with screen sister Bette in this 1962 camp classic "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" |
#3226, aired 1998-09-21 | BRIAN DE PALMA FILMS $200: 1976 classic about an unpopular but telekinetic teen girl "Carrie" |
#3225, aired 1998-09-18 | LEONARD NIMOY FILMS $400: Nimoy plays host to an alien in this 1978 remake of a 1956 sci-fi classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" |
#3210, aired 1998-07-10 | STAG FILMS $200: In a TV holiday classic, this character with his dog dressed as a reindeer stole Christmas from Whoville the Grinch |
#3210, aired 1998-07-10 | STAG FILMS $800: This Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings classic about a boy & his fawn was filmed on location in Florida The Yearling |
#3150, aired 1998-04-17 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $200: The uncut version of this Russian epic based on a Tolstoy novel is more than 8 hours long War and Peace |
#3150, aired 1998-04-17 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $400: This film also known as "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" is the perfect rental for a rainy day The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
#3150, aired 1998-04-17 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $800 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Richard Simmons) When I was living in Italy, I appeared in the food orgy scene of this director's film "Satyricon" Federico Fellini |
#3150, aired 1998-04-17 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $800: Toshiro Mifune starred in this director's epic "Throne of Blood", sort of a samurai version of "Macbeth" Akira Kurosawa |
#3150, aired 1998-04-17 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $1000: "Soldier of Orange", a 1977 film from this country, made Rutger Hauer an international star the Netherlands/Holland |
#3045, aired 1997-11-21 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $100: The title fawn in Disney's 1942 film is this deer Bambi |
#3045, aired 1997-11-21 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $200: Monstro is the monstrous whale who swallows Geppetto in this beloved film Pinocchio |
#3045, aired 1997-11-21 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $300: Mowgli finds out it's a jungle out there in this film based on Kipling's classic The Jungle Book |
#3045, aired 1997-11-21 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $400: The Mickey Mouse version of this Dickens classic features Goofy as the ghost of Jacob Marley A Christmas Carol |
#3045, aired 1997-11-21 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS $500: Famous voices in this film include Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter & Jerry Colonna as the March Hare Alice in Wonderland |
#3018, aired 1997-10-15 | JOHN HUSTON FILMS $200: The first film Huston directed was this classic 1941 Sam Spade story The Maltese Falcon |
#2903, aired 1997-03-26 | COMEDY FILMS $600: In this classic, Cary Grant plays a paleontologist involved with Katharine Hepburn & her pet leopard Bringing Up Baby |
#2692, aired 1996-04-23 | SCI-FI FILMS $500: In this 1956 classic, residents of a small town are replaced by duplicates hatched from pods Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
#2663, aired 1996-03-13 | FILMS OF THE '50s $200: More than 300 sets were built for this 1959 classic, including the 18-acre Circus Maximus Ben-Hur |
#2606, aired 1995-12-25 | FILMS OF THE '50s $500: In this 1956 sci-fi classic, Leslie Nielsen found himself on Altair-4 with Anne Francis & Robby the Robot Forbidden Planet |
#2560, aired 1995-10-20 | FILMS OF THE '90s $200: One reviewer said of this film, "Eastwood climbs back into the saddle to make a classic western" Unforgiven |
#2539, aired 1995-09-21 | DISNEY FILMS $300: Disney released an animated version of this Kipling classic in 1967 & a live action adaptation in 1994 Jungle Book |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | DISNEYLAND $100: Rides in this "land" are based on such classic Disney films as "Dumbo" & "Alice in Wonderland" Fantasyland |
#2309, aired 1994-09-22 | STEPHEN KING FILMS $200: Among the actors playing teenagers in this 1976 King classic were Amy Irving & Sissy Spacek Carrie |
#2201, aired 1994-03-14 | COMEDY FILMS $500: In this classic Jerry Lewis creates a potion that changes him from shy chem. teacher to campus swinger The Nutty Professor |
#1990, aired 1993-04-09 | FILMS OF THE '70s $100: Mercedes McCambridge provided the voice of the demon for this 1973 horror classic The Exorcist |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $2,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the classic films honored by U.S. stamps in 1990 2 of (Gone with the Wind, Stage Coach, The Wizard of Oz, and Beau Geste) |
#1605, aired 1991-07-19 | FILMS OF THE '30s $400: This classic 1931 Cagney film was based on the John Bright story "Beer and Blood" Public Enemy |
#1337, aired 1990-05-29 | FANTASTIC FILMS $500: This 1956 cult classic pitted Kevin McCarthy against aliens hatched from giant pods Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
#1242, aired 1990-01-16 | FILMS OF THE '60s $200: Vera Miles played Janet Leigh's sister in this 1960 Hitchcock classic Psycho |
#818, aired 1988-03-09 | WOODY ALLEN FILMS $100: At the beginning of "Play It Again, Sam", Woody is watching this Bogart classic Casablanca |
#759, aired 1987-12-17 | CLASSIC CINEMA $600: In '40s films, the "Portrait of Jennie" was of Jennifer Jones & "The Picture of Dorian Gray" was of him Hurd Hatfield |
#632, aired 1987-05-12 | CLASSIC CINEMA $1000: Among the films he's directed are 1948's "Oliver Twist" & "A Passage to India" David Lean |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | SHOW BIZ BUSINESS $600: DGA members have called Ted Turner's plan to do this to classic films "cultural butchery" colorizing them |
#404, aired 1986-03-27 | MOVIE TRIVIA $200: In Roger Corman series, they were "Student", "Private Duty", "Night Call", "Young", & "Candy Stripe" nurses |